Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1561-1563

  Kadowaki, Takashi ^a,b   Sekikawa, Akira ^b   Okamura, Tomonori ^a   Takamiya, Tomoko ^b   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^a   Zaky, Wahid R ^b   Maegawa, Hiroshi ^a   El Saed, Aiman ^b   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^c   Evans, Rhobert W ^b   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^d   Kita, Yoshikuni ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^b   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 37849185082     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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